DRAFT DOCUMENT

This is a draft document supplied by the WCAG Techniques Task Force. It in no way represents a WCAG Working Group consensus or agreement and is provided for informational and discussion purposes only. The accessibility test listed below should not be construed as required for conformance with the proposed WCAG2.

HTML Test Suite for WCAG 2.0
Test 95 - `textarea` controls must have an associated `label`.

W3C Editor's Draft 2005-08-11

Editors:: Chris Ridpath, ATRC, University Of Toronto; Jenae Andershonis, Microsoft Inc.

Abstract

This test case was created by the ATRC at the University Of Toronto. It should not be construed as required for conformance with the proposed WCAG2.

The complete list of tests may be found at http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/

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Status Of This Test

As part of the conformance test process, this test has a status of 'unconfirmed'.

WCAG2 Guideline

This test is not required for conformance to the current WCAG2. It is provided for discussion and informational purposes only.

Techniques

There are no techniques related to this test.

Prerequisite Tests

There are no prerequisite tests for this test.

Test Process

Procedure

Check all textarea elements in the content.
Find the id attribute value for the textarea element.
Check for a label element that has a for attribute value that is the same as the textarea control's id attribute value.

Expected Results

Each textarea element is expected to have a label element that is associated using the ID and for attributes.

Fail Instructions

Create a label element for the textarea element and associate these elements using the ID and for attributes.

Pass Instructions

Any accessibility check may be performed after this test.

Test Files

These test files contain examples of the accessibility problem detectable by this test. They may also contain more accessibility problems than the one described in this test. Please ignore any extraneous accessibility problems in these files.

95-1.html Will fail the test. (label is not associated with control.)

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>OAC Testfile - Check #91 - Positive</title> </head> <body> <form> <label>Name:</label> <textarea name="nametext" id="text1" rows="5" cols="40"> </form> </body> </html>
95-2.html Will pass the test. (label is associated with control.)

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>OAC Testfile - Check #91 - Negative</title> </head> <body> <form> <label for="text1">Name:</label> <textarea name="nametext" id="text1" rows="5" cols="40"> </form> </body> </html>